Out & About
Thu 25
Charlie Parker Jazz Festival screening: Bill Evans: Time RememberedThe New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music’s Jazz Performance Space, 55 West 13th St.
7:30 p.m. RSVP required
Bruce Spiegel has produced a complete documentary giving you insights into Bill Evans the musician and the person. Post-film discussion with Spiegel.
www.cityparksfoundation.org/events/
‘Anthropomorphic: The Epic New Musical’Leslie-Lohman Museum for Gay & Lesbian Art, 26 Wooster St.
6:30 p.m. Free, RSVP required
Insects, humans, and spiders are among the many anthropomorphed puppets featured in Puppetry Arts New York’s musical about faith and the suicide of a gay teenage boy called Anthropomorphic.
www.leslielohman.org/calendar/events.html
Fri 26
Who’s the King? New Amsterdam Library, 9 Murray Street
2 p.m.
Adults and teens, beginners and masters, play chess, checkers and Scrabble and compete for the right to be crowned King.
212-732-8186
‘The Night Porter’ (Il portiere di notte)Rubin Museum of Art, 150 West 17th St.
9:30-11:30 p.m. $10
Simon Critchley introduces this showing of Liliana Cavini’s 1974 psychological drama starring Charlotte Rampling and Dirk Bogarde.
212-620-5000. rubinmuseum.org/events/events
Sat 27
BluffHudson Guild Theater, 441 West 26 St, btw. Ninth and 10th Avenues
Aug 27 at 8:30 p.m. and Aug. 28 at 1 p.m. $25
A production of Lenore Skomal’s adaptation of her first novel, which was a finalist in the coveted International Book Awards.
newyorktheaterfestival.com/bluff/
McDonald’s B-Boy RoyaleSkirball Center for the Performing Arts, 566 LaGuardia Place
7-10 p.m. $25, $20 for NYU Faculty/Staff/Alumni, $15 for NYU students
New York City’s largest annual breaking tournament returns with eight award-winning crews battling it out for a $5,000 grand prize.
212-998-4941. skirball.boxoffice@nyu.edu
Sun 28
Hudson River Nature WalkChristopher Street Fountain — Pier 45 at Hudson River Park, 353 west ST.
9-10 a.m. Free
Lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Learn about Hudson River Park’s wildlife by joining knowledgeable naturalists on guided nature walks along the Park’s esplanade every Sunday at 9am.
212-627-2020. www.hudsonriverpark.eventbrite.com
Inaugural WALK for the Hydrocephalus AssociationHudson River Park, Pier 84.
8:15 a.m.
Money raised will support the HA’s national goal to raise more than $1.5 million for critical hydrocephalus research and program services. To register or participate, visit HAwalk.kintera.org/NYC, call 888-598-3789, x21 or email at walk@hydroassoc.org.
Mon 29
Community Board 4 Executive CommitteeBoard Office, 330 West 42nd Street, 26th Floor
6:30 p.m.
www.nyc.gov/html/mancb4/
Federal Reserve Bank Tour33 Liberty St. between Nassau and William Streets
1-2 p.m. Free; Reservations required
Learn about the role of the New York Fed and the Federal Reserve System in setting monetary policy, promoting financial stability, and serving communities to advance economic growth. 212-720-5000 www.newyorkfed.org
Tue 30
NY Comics & Picture-story SymposiumThe New School, Sheila C. Johnson Design Center, 2 West 13th Street, Room M101
7 p.m.
Benjamin Marra and Josh Bayer discuss process, influences and what it means to be cartoonists who are much indebted to comics history as they are committed to making their permanent mark on comics future.
events.newschool.edu/
StargazingOn the High Line at West 14th Street
Dusk to 30 minutes before park closes. Free
Get up close and personal with the celestial bodies. Peer through high-powered telescopes with the Amateur Astronomers Association of New York.
www.thehighline.org/activities
Wed 31
Dash Shaw: CosplayersStrand, 828 Broadway, at 12th Street
7 p.m.
The artist, writer and animator launches his strange trip into the high art of fandom, joined in conversation with writer and curator Dan Nadel.
212-473-1452. www.strandbooks.com/events/
10th Precinct Community CouncilPrecinct House, 230 West 20th St.
7 p.m.
The precinct community council typically meets on the last Wednesday of the month.
212-741-8226